DiPentima honored for bill to ban sale of electronic cigarettes to minors
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Your link didn't work for me, but i got through with this one.
DiPentima honored for bill to ban sale of electronic cigarettes to minors | SeacoastOnline.com
The award would be better called "The waste of legislative time award" for what it really accomplished. Actually, that might not be correct since minors are under 18 so if someone who has been smoking since he was twelve and wants to quit, they could call it the "Keep them smoking as long as they can award".
This law should rank up there with some of the other dumb ones recently passed. I'm sure the NRA could give an award to the sponsor of the bill in Kennesaw, Ga who passed the legislation that made it illegal to not own a gun as the head of a household. PETA should give a plaque to the sponsor of the bill that made it illegal to Bear wrestle in Alabama. The Audubon Society should be in Indiana praising the hard work of the sponsor of the bill that brought making throwing stones at birds illegal, except in self defense. And, finally, the Audobon Society gave an honorable mention award in Mobil, ALA that made it illegal to bath in the city fountains. This was fowling the water for the waterfowl, I presume.
DiPentima honored for bill to ban sale of electronic cigarettes to minors | SeacoastOnline.com
The award would be better called "The waste of legislative time award" for what it really accomplished. Actually, that might not be correct since minors are under 18 so if someone who has been smoking since he was twelve and wants to quit, they could call it the "Keep them smoking as long as they can award".
This law should rank up there with some of the other dumb ones recently passed. I'm sure the NRA could give an award to the sponsor of the bill in Kennesaw, Ga who passed the legislation that made it illegal to not own a gun as the head of a household. PETA should give a plaque to the sponsor of the bill that made it illegal to Bear wrestle in Alabama. The Audubon Society should be in Indiana praising the hard work of the sponsor of the bill that brought making throwing stones at birds illegal, except in self defense. And, finally, the Audobon Society gave an honorable mention award in Mobil, ALA that made it illegal to bath in the city fountains. This was fowling the water for the waterfowl, I presume.
What's amazing is that Breathe New Hampshire did not fight the bill. In other states, lobbiests for groups such as the American Lung Association, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, and Campaign for tobacco-free Kids have shot down legislation that "only" banned sales to minors. They wanted the whole enchilada. A complete ban on all sales.
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I don't recall NH enacting a law banning e-cig sales to minors (as occurred in CA, UT and MN).
Regardless, this is very good news for e-cigarette consumers and vendors, and is bad news for the national offices of CTFK, ACS, AHA, ALA and others that want to ban e-cigarette sales to adults.
Don't know when the NH law was enacted (the article said it was introduced in 2009), but it may have occurred before those organizations changed their policy in April, 2010 to oppose legislation banning e-cigarette sales to minors. But since Breathe New Hampshire (which I'm almost certain is affiliated with ACS, AHA, ALA in NH) just gave the legislator an award, it appears that they've boldly decided to reject their national office's policy of banning all sales of e-cigarettes, which is good.
Hopefully, more state offices of ACS, AHA, ALA will buck their national policy and support legislation to ban e-cigarette sales to minors, which significantly reduces the likelihood that the same legislature will enact a law banning all e-cigarette sales.
Regardless, this is very good news for e-cigarette consumers and vendors, and is bad news for the national offices of CTFK, ACS, AHA, ALA and others that want to ban e-cigarette sales to adults.
Don't know when the NH law was enacted (the article said it was introduced in 2009), but it may have occurred before those organizations changed their policy in April, 2010 to oppose legislation banning e-cigarette sales to minors. But since Breathe New Hampshire (which I'm almost certain is affiliated with ACS, AHA, ALA in NH) just gave the legislator an award, it appears that they've boldly decided to reject their national office's policy of banning all sales of e-cigarettes, which is good.
Hopefully, more state offices of ACS, AHA, ALA will buck their national policy and support legislation to ban e-cigarette sales to minors, which significantly reduces the likelihood that the same legislature will enact a law banning all e-cigarette sales.
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In 2007, the ALA of New Hampshire changed its name to Breathe New Hampshire.
Breathe New Hampshire
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i actually like that georgia one, i'd love to know my neighbors were packing heat. i guarantee it'll be the safest neighborhood in the state.
and as a traditionalist, i believe it is the solemn duty of the head of the household to protect their family by any means necessary.
but i digress.
I think that banning e-cigs for underagers is a good idea. If they can't legally access cigarettes, why let them have PVs?
Right. And if they manage to become hooked on tobacco cigarettes by getting ahold of them illegally, we don't need to worry about the fact that we made it illegal for them to buy the most effective method for abstaining from smoking. They have already proven that they can get their hands on anything we outlaw.
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